Oct 07 New Disney technology can add texture to completely smooth touch screens .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } By regulating a flow of… Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch Nobel Prize alternative celebrates the funny and unusual Every year the Ig Nobel prizes are awarded for achievements in science that first make people laugh, then think. Actual Nobel laureates are drafted to present awards to research into research on topics like the effects of opera on mouse… Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Enstitute: The entrepreneurial alternative to college As the cost of higher education mounts, debt-laden students, cash-strapped parents and members of the media are asking: is traditional college still the answer? Correspondent Mona Iskander reports on Enstitute, a two-year apprenticeship program that matches 18- to 24-year-olds with… Continue watching
Sep 30 World Pulse’s ‘web’ of women keeps growing By Larisa Epatko In her early 20s, Jensine Larsen was working as a freelance journalist in Burma and the Amazon region of South America, and learned that many of the stories affecting women weren't being reported in the media. She then realized that… Continue reading
Sep 28 Watch The Quantified Self: Data Gone Wild? Take a look at these new technologies that allow people to keep track and quantify every detail of their daily lives. It's a growing movement called “quantified self.” The personal data gathered is often health-related, but there are applications to… Continue watching
Sep 27 Can you know too much about yourself? .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Take a look at the… Continue reading
Sep 27 Hummingbird trumps Caffeine: Google rolls out new search Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images. September marks the 15th anniversary of technology giant Google. To accompany the big 15, the company has announced Thursday a new change to their search engine in the form of… Continue reading
Sep 26 Famous keyboard shortcut was a mistake, says Bill Gates Photo by Flickr user Johan Larsson So you're browsing NewsHour's Rundown Blog and all of a sudden everything freezes. Your computer doesn't want to respond. Your fingers snap to reboot action, hitting Ctrl + Alt +… Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch How Did Once-Addictive Blackberry Fall Behind Other Smart Phones? How Did Once-Addictive Blackberry Fall Behind Other Smart Phones?… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch EPA Proposal on Power Plant Emissions May Be Regulation ‘Launching Point’ EPA Proposal on Power Plant Emissions May Be Regulation 'Launching Point'… Continue watching